Steven Erikson - Imass Quotes

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Tell me, Tool, what dominates your thoughts?
The Imass shrugged before replying. I think of futility, Adjunct.
Do all Imass think about futility?
No. Few think at all.
Why is that?
The Imass leaned his head to one side and regarded her. Because, Adjunct, it is futile.

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Lorn stared at Tool. Was that an attempt at humor? she asked.
The T'lan Imass adjusted his helmet. That depends on your mood, Adjunct.

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Kallor said: I walked this land when the T'lan Imass were but children. I have commanded armies a hundred thousand strong. I have spread the fire of my wrath across entire continents, and sat alone upon tall thrones. Do you grasp the meaning of this?
Yes, said Caladan Brood, you never learn.

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We humans do not understand compassion. In each moment of our lives, we betray it. Aye, we know of its worth, yet in knowing we then attach to it a value, we guard the giving of it, believing it must be earned, T'lan Imass. Compassion is priceless in the truest sense of the wold. It must be given freely. In abundance.

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